HMS Lasham (M2636)

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History
Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svgUnited Kingdom
NameHMS Lasham
Namesake Lasham
BuilderWilliam Weatherhead & Sons, Cockenzie
Launched31 May 1954
Completed16 September 1954
FateSold 1981 to Scotroy
General characteristics
Class and type Ham class minesweeper
Type Minesweeper
Displacement
  • 120 long tons (122 t) standard
  • 164 long tons (167 t) full load
Length
  • 100 ft (30 m) p/p
  • 106 ft 6 in (32.46 m) o/a
Beam21 ft 4 in (6.50 m)
Draught5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Propulsion
  • 2 shaft Paxman 12YHAXM diesels
  • 1,100 bhp (820 kW)
Speed14 knots (16 mph; 26 km/h)
Complement2 officers, 13 ratings
Armament1 × Bofors 40 mm Automatic Gun L/60 or Oerlikon 20 mm cannon
Notes Pennant number(s): M2636 / IMS38

HMS Lasham was one of 93 ships of the Ham-class of inshore minesweepers.

Their names were all chosen from villages ending in -ham. The minesweeper was named after Lasham in Hampshire.

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Lasham Human settlement in England

Lasham is a village and civil parish in the East Hampshire district of Hampshire, England. It is 3.4 miles (5.5 km) northwest of Alton and 1.2 miles (1.9 km) north of Bentworth, just off the A339 road. The parish covers an area of 1,797 acres (727 ha) and has an average elevation of 560 feet (170 m) above sea level. The nearest railway station is Alton, 3.5 miles (5.6 km) southeast of the village. Lasham formerly had its own railway station, Bentworth and Lasham, on the Basingstoke and Alton Light Railway until the line's closure in 1936. According to the 2011 census, the village had a population of 176.

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